Santa Cruz Old Town Center showing 1882 Octagon Hall of Records to left of 1894 Courthouse
Octagon Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:
Corner of Front and Cooper Sts., Santa Cruz, California
Coordinates:
36°58′29″N 122°1′29″W﻿ / ﻿36.97472°N 122.02472°W﻿ / 36.97472; -122.02472Coordinates: 36°58′29″N 122°1′29″W﻿ / ﻿36.97472°N 122.02472°W﻿ / 36.97472; -122.02472
Built:
1882
Architect:
Unknown
Architectural style(s):
Octagon Mode
Governing body:
Local
Added to NRHP:
March 24, 1971
NRHP Reference#:
71000193
[1]
The Octagon Building is an historic redbrick octagonal government office building in Santa Cruz, California. It was built in 1882 to serve as the Santa Cruz County Hall of Records. It later became the Museum Store for the adjacent Museum of Art and History.
The building is located at 118 Cooper Street, at the corner of Front Street, along the Pacific Garden Mall. Much of the mall was damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, but the building survived.[2] It is now an upscale coffee shop called Lulu's at the Octagon. On March 24, 1971 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1][3]
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Cruz County, California
References
^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
^ Paul Whitfield; Jeff Dickey, Mark Ellwood, and Nick Edwards (2003). The Rough Guide to California (7th ed.). Rough Guides. pp. 495. ISBN 978-1843530497. http://books.google.com/books?id=UszyFn9Yzp0C&pg=PA495&dq=octagon+building+santa+cruz&hl=en&ei=lZFxTNGIE4jEsAO3wc2OCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=octagon%20building%20santa%20cruz&f=false.
^ "Waymarking listing for the Octagon Building". waymarking.com. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2ZP. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
External links
Institutions in Santa Cruz County -- 1850-1950
The History of the Santa Cruz Courthouse by Margaret Souza
An 1882 photo of the interior of the Hall of Records
Images of Lulu's at the Octagon
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